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== ''Cars'' ==

=== Lightning McQueen ===

[[File:Lightning_McQueen_4_5819.png|frame]]

Keith Ferguson (TV) }}

* [[The Ace]]

* [[Awesome McCoolname]]

* [[Fish Out of Water]]: After he first enters Radiator Springs.

* [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff]]: In-universe, Lightning seems to be very popular in Japan.

* [[The Hero]]: Of the first film.

* [[Honor Before Reason]]: At the end.

* [[Law of Chromatic Superiority]]: His bright red coloring probably helped him on his rise to fame.

* [[Meaningful Name]]

=== {{spoiler|Sir}} Tow Mater ===

[[File:Mater_4_7146.png|frame]]

[[Larry the Cable Guy]] }}

* [[Actor Allusion]]: Mater is basically a G-rated Larry the Cable Guy, with his voice pitched up a tiny bit. His lines "Get er done", and "I don't care who you are, that's funny right there", are taken straight from his stand-up routines.

* [[Break the Cutie]]: {{spoiler|In ''Cars 2'', after discovering that others think that he is just clueless and distracting.}}

* [[Breakout Character]]: He has spun off into his own series of shorts, and even managed to become the main character of the sequel.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]

* [[Eagle Land]]: Mater is viewed as a mix of Types 1 and 2 by foreign cars.

* {{spoiler|[[Flying Car]]: Mater is able to fly by using his rocket boosters together with his parachute.}}

* [[Genius Ditz]]: Despite seeming rather simple minded, he has very broad knowledge of car parts and engines and can identify any engine at a glance.

* [[Good Is Not Dumb]]: Being a [[Genius Ditz]], {{spoiler|he manages to figure out Axlerod's involvement with the Lemons and his plot to discredit alternative fuel sources.}}

* [[The Hero]]: Of the sequel.

* {{spoiler|[[Knighting]]: By the Queen of England herself.}}

* [[Mistaken for Spies]]: By Holley and Finn, partially as a result of his fanciful storytelling.

* [[The Pollyana]]

* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: Of his own "Tall Tales" series.

 

 

=== Doc Hudson/ {{spoiler|Fabulous Hudson Hornet}} ===

[[File:Doc_Hudson_3_5742.png|frame]]

[[Corey Burton]] (Video Games) }}

* [[Blue Eyes]]: Designed after his actor’s very own eyes.

* [[Cool Old Guy]]

* [[Hanging Judge]]: Judging from his introductory speech.

* [[Not So Different]]: From Lightning.

 

=== Sally Carrera ===

[[File:Sally_Carrera_3_5.png|frame]]

Bonnie Hunt }}

* [[Affectionate Nickname]]: "Stickers" for Lightning, originally to tease him about having stickers instead of headlights. In the second film, she still calls him this, even after he gets actual headlights installed.

* [[The Chick]]

* [[Embarrassing Tattoo]]

* [[Official Couple]]: With Lightning.

 

=== Fillmore ===

[[File:Fillmore_3_9470.png|frame]]

Lloyd Sherr (Cars 2) }}

* [[Actual Pacifist]]: Goes with his hippie nature. More specifically, {{spoiler|he, along with Sally, were the only ones not to participate in the Radiator Springs vs. Lemon Gangs in London.}}

* [[New Age Retro Hippie]]

=== Sarge ===

[[File:Sarge_3_1927.png|frame]]

Paul Dooley }}

* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]

* [[Properly Paranoid]]: {{spoiler|He greatly distrusts Axlerod and switched out Lightning’s Allinol with Fillmore’s organic fuel. This is what actually saves Lightning from being killed later on.}}

=== Luigi and Guido ===

[[File:Luigi__Guido_5595.png|frame]]

Guido Quaroni (Guido) }}

* [[Chaste Toons]]: Luigi's aunt and uncle (see below)

* [[The Danza]]: Guido.

=== Flo ===

[[File:Flo_2_5823.png|frame]]

Jennifer Lewis }}

* [[Happily Married]]: To Ramone.

* [[Sassy Black Woman]]

=== Ramone ===

[[File:Ramone_3_8398.png|frame]]

[[Cheech and Chong|Cheech Marin]] }}

* [[Happily Married]]: To Flo.

* [[Hot Paint Job]]: He’s fond of giving these, as well as usually sporting one himself.

* [[Unlimited Wardrobe|Unlimited Paint Jobs]]: Ramone’s got a different paint job in almost every other scene.

 

=== Red ===

[[File:Red_3_1130.png|frame]]

[[Pixar Regulars|Joe Ranft]] (Cars) }}

* [[Gentle Giant]]

* [[The Voiceless]]: [[The Quiet One|He almost never speaks onscreen to begin with]], but after the death of his actor he becomes this in the sequel.

 

=== Sheriff ===

[[File:Sheriff_3_2175.png|frame]]

Michael Wallis }}

* [[The Sheriff]]: [[Captain Obvious|Obviously]].

 

=== Lizzie ===

[[File:Lizzie_2_7853.png|frame]]

Katherine Helmond }}

* [[Dirty Old Woman]]

 

=== Mack ===

[[File:Mack_2_3340.png|frame]]

[[Pixar Regulars|John Ratzenberger]] }}

* [[Gentle Giant]]

* [[Nice Hat]]: The large sail on his roof resembles a trucker cap.

 

=== Strip “The King” Weathers ===

[[File:Strip_Weathers_3_1724.png|frame]]

Richard Petty }}

* [[Doomed Moral Victor]]: {{spoiler|Although he doesn’t die, he becomes severely injured by a crash caused by Chick Hicks during the final lap of the tie-breaker race.}}

* [[Ink Suit Actor]]: The King is based on a racecar his actor, Richard Petty's owned; the Plymouth Superbird.

=== Chick Hicks ===

[[File:Chick_Hicks_3_3216.png|frame]]

[[Michael Keaton]] }}

* [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy|Arrogant Racer Guy]]

* [[Classic Villain]]

* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To Lightning McQueen. Chick starts off as a more extreme version of McQueen, but eventually becomes this after Lightning undergoes [[Character Development]].

* [[Jerkass]]: Through and through.

* [[Porn Stache]]: His grill resembles one.

=== Boost, Wingo, DJ, and Snot Rod ===

[[File:DRH_2_5905.png|frame]]

Lou Romano (Snot Rod) }}

* [[Embarrassing First Name|Embarrassing Full Name]]: DJ's full name is Devon Montegomery Johnston the Third.

* [[Rice Burner|Rice Burners]]

 

=== Tractors, Frank, and Vroomaroundus Bugus ===

* [[All Animals Are Dogs|All Farm Equipment Are Cattle]]

* [[Canis Latinicus]]

* [[Furry Confusion]]

* [[Stealth Pun]]

=== Mia and Tia ===

[[File:Mia_And_Tia_2_8915.png|frame]]

Elissa Knight (Tia) }}

* [[I'm Your Biggest Fan]]: To McQueen. They briefly followed Chick when McQueen disappeared, but switch back by the end.

* [[Theme Twin Naming]]: They're named after their model, the Mazda Miata.

* [[Valley Girl]]: Both of them.

=== Minny and Van ===

[[File:Minny_and_Van_4163.png|frame]]

Richard Kind (Van) }}

* [[Directionless Driver]]: Van refuses to ask for directions while the two of them are looking for an on-ramp, claiming that he can use the GPS. Unsurprisingly, they end up getting lost in the desert.

* [[Happily Married]]

 

=== RustEze Pit Crew Members, Sponsors, and Associates ===

** And are modeled after cars they each owned.

* [[I'm Your Biggest Fan]]: Fred

 

=== Dinoco Pit Crew Members, Sponsors, and Associates ===

 

=== Hostile Takeover Bank Pit Crew Members ===

 

=== Piston Cup Racecars ===

* [[Meaningful Name]]

* [[The Smurfette Principle]]

* [[Viewer Gender Confusion]]

 

=== Dale Earnhardt Jr. ===

* [[Ink Suit Actor]]

 

=== Piston Cup [[R Vs]], Pit Crews, Facility, and Audience ===

* [[I'm Your Biggest Fan]]

* [[Punny Name]]

 

=== Car Media Reporters, Anchors, and Celebrities ===

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]

 

=== Cars on the Highway ===

 

=== Stanley ===

[[File:Stanley_2_820.png|frame]]

* [[Happily Married]]: To Lizzie. Before he died, at least.

* [[Our Founder]]

* [[Posthumous Character]]

 

=== Bessie ===

* [[Furry Confusion]]

 

=== Alarm Clock ===

* [[Companion Cube]]

 

=== Cars in Flashback ===

 

=== Trev Diesel and Aircraft ===

* [[Cool Plane]]

* [[Cool Train]]

 

=== Cars in Epilogue ===

* [[The Taxi]]

 

=== Pixar Cameos ===

* [[Anthropomorphic Shift]]

* [[The Cameo]]

=== Finn McMissile ===

[[File:Finn_McMissile_3_5245.png|frame]]

[[Michael Caine]] }}

* [[Amphibious Automobile]]: Finn can transform into both a hydrofoil and a submarine.

* [[Awesome McCoolname]]

* [[I Am Very British]]

* [[Master of Disguise]]: He has a voice activated holographic disguise.

 

 

=== Holley Shiftwell ===

[[File:Holley_Shiftwell_3_9547.png|frame]]

Emily Mortimer }}

* [[Flying Car]]: They’re standard issue for agents nowadays.

* [[Shock and Awe]]: One of her weapons is an electric taser.

=== Siddeley ===

[[File:Siddeley_2_2045.png|frame]]

[[Jason Isaacs]] }}

* [[Cool Plane]]

 

=== Leland Turbo ===

[[File:Leland_Turbo_4_8563.png|frame]]

[[Jason Isaacs]] }}

* [[Awesome McCoolname]]

* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}

* [[Talking to Himself]]: He shares his voice actor with Siddeley.

 

 

=== Rod "Torque" Redline ===

[[File:Rod_Torque_Redline_3_9657.png|frame]]

[[Bruce Campbell]] }}

* {{spoiler|[[Dead Star Walking]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}

=== Francesco Bernoulli ===

[[File:Francesco_Bernoulli_3_5557.png|frame]]

John Turturro }}

* [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy|Arrogant Racer Guy]]: Even ''moreso'' than Chick Hicks. However, unlike Chick, Francesco plays fairly and doesn't resort to dirty tricks to win.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Francesco hates being called "fragile".

* [[Everyone Looks Sexier If French|Everyone Looks Sexier If Italian]]

* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas]]: Francesco honestly admits that when he’s away from home, he misses his mama.

=== Professor Zündapp ===

[[File:Professor_Zundapp_3_7604.png|frame]]

Thomas Kretschmann }}

* [[Evil Genius]]

* [[Herr Doktor]]

* [[Torture Technician]]

 

=== Sir Miles Axlerod ===

[[File:Miles_Axlerod_3_772.png|frame]]

[[Eddie Izzard]] }}

* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Evil Brit]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[The Man Behind the Man]]: Axlerod is the mysterious leader of the Lemons and had engineered the sabotage of his own Grand Prix in order to discredit Allinol and alternative fuel in general.}}

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: His globe-trekking exploits bring Richard Branson to mind.

* [[What Could Have Been]]: He was originally going to be portrayed as an old Russian racecar that performed very poorly.

 

=== Grem and Acer ===

[[File:Grem__Acer_804.png|frame]]

Peter Jacobson (Acer) }}

* [[Bar Brawl]]: How the two actually both meet their end.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: '''Grem'''lin and (P)'''Acer'''.

* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]

=== The Lemon Family Heads ===

[[File:Lemon_Dons_2_6618.png|frame]]

John Mainieri (J. Curby Gremlin) }}

* [[The Alleged Car]]: All are modeled after some of the most notorious Alleged Cars of all time; besides Gremlin, Pacer and Yugo the Trunkovs are based on ZAZ Zaporozhets, the smallest and cheapest Soviet car.

* [[Creator Cameo]]: Tubbs is voiced by Brad Lewis, one of the film's co-directors.

* [[The Mafia]]: The Hugo family especially, but all four count.

* [[Motor City]]: J. Curby and his family come from here.

* [[Talking to Himself]]: Vladimir, Victor ''and'' Ivan all share the same voice actor.

 

=== Alexander Hugo ===

[[File:Alexander_Hugo_2_8880.png|frame]]

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Velibor Topic }}

* [[Elite Mook]]

* [[I Have Many Names]]: He’s been known to go by the aliases of "Chop Shop Alex", "Alexander the "Not So" Great" and "Alexander Hu "Don’t" Go".

=== Ivan ===

[[File:Ivan_3_181.png|frame]]

Stanley Townshend }}

* [[Costume Copycat]]: Mater disguises himself as Ivan to infiltrate the Lemons' meeting in Porto Corsa.

* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Can be seen as this to Mater.

* [[Husky Russkie]]

* [[Lzherusskie]] : Ivan is meant to be Russian, but plot necessity forced him to have the same Chevrolet-based cab design as Mater.

 

=== Tony Trihull ===

[[File:Tony_Trihull_2_9966.png|frame]]

Lloyd Sherr }}

* [[Animal Motifs]]: He's apparently part shark as well.

* [[The Brute]]

 

=== Lemon Mooks ===

* [[The Alleged Car]]

* [[Disney Villain Death]]

 

=== Other Lemon Vehicles ===

* [[Black Helicopter]]

* [[Van in Black]]

=== Jeff Gorvette ===

[[File:Jeff_Gorvette_3_8784.png|frame]]

Jeff Gordon }}

* [[Ink Suit Actor]]

* [[Those Two Guys]]: With Lewis.

=== Lewis Hamilton ===

[[File:Lewis_Hamilton_3_8024.png|frame]]

Lewis Hamilton }}

* [[Ink Suit Actor]]

* [[Those Two Guys]]: With Jeff.

 

[[File:Raoule_CaRoule_3_2888.png|frame]]

 

=== Nigel Gearsley ===

[[File:Nigel_Gearsley_3_3248.png|frame]]

Greg Ellis }}

* [[I Am Very British]]

 

=== Max Schnell ===

[[File:Max_Schnell_3_6044.png|frame]]

* [[Dub Name Change]]: The German dub renames him "Sebastian Schnell", after his German actor, Sebastian Vettel.

* [[Germanic Efficiency]]

 

=== Miguel Camino ===

[[File:Miguel_Camino_3_376.png|frame]]

* [[Badass Spaniard]]

 

=== Carla Veloso ===

[[File:Carla_Veloso_3_8208.png|frame]]

Jossara Jinaro }}

* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Carla is the only female competitor in the World Grand Prix.

* [[Spicy Latina]]

=== Shu Todoroki ===

[[File:Shu_Todoroki_3_3519.png|frame]]

Erik Passoja }}

* [[Fake Nationality]]: Shu's voice actor is American.

 

=== Rip Clutchgoneski ===

[[File:Rip_Clutchgoneski_2_4675.png|frame]]

* [[Advertised Extra]]: Barely even that. Clutchgoneski doesn’t have any toys of him and didn’t even appear in the video game.

* [[Ruritania]]: His homeland is the “Republic of New Rearendia”.

 

=== World Grand Prix Pit Crew and Audience ===

 

=== Cars in Radiator Springs ===

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]

* [[Show Within a Show]]

 

=== Cars in Tokyo ===

* [[Acrofatic]]: Kingpin Nobunaga, Pinion Tanaka, and Kimura Kaizo the sumo vans.

* [[The Cameo]]: Many of the characters from ''Tokyo Mater'' return.

=== Crabby ===

[[File:Crabby_2_9192.png|frame]]

[[Deadliest Catch|Sig Hansen]] }}

* [[Cool Boat]]

* [[Ink Suit Actor]]

 

=== Cars in Paris ===

* [[Furry Confusion]]

 

=== Tomber ===

[[File:Tomber_3_2307.png|frame]]

Michel Michelis }}

* [[Meaningful Name]]: His name in French means "to tumble".

 

=== Stephenson ===

* [[Cool Train]]

 

=== Cars in Porto Corsa ===

* [[Nice Hat]]

* [[The Pope]]

 

=== Mama and Uncle Topolino ===

Franco Nero (Uncle Topolino) }}

* [[Chaste Toons]]: To Luigi.

* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Uncle Topolino.

 

=== Cars in London ===

* [[Bar Brawl]]

* [[British Royal Guards]]

 

=== The Queen and Prince Wheeliam ===

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]

 

=== Frosty ===

[[File:Frosty_4_5648.png|frame]]

Mark Winterbottom }}

* [[Ink Suit Actor]]

* [[Land Down Under]]

 

=== Fernando Alonso ===

[[File:Fernando_Alonso_7536.png|frame]]

Fernando Alonso }}

* [[Ink Suit Actor]]

 

=== Vitaly Petrov ===

[[File:Vitaly_Petrov_2_8205.png|frame]]

Vitaly Petrov }}

* [[Ink Suit Actor]]

 

=== Flash ===

[[File:Flash_2_8126.png|frame]]

Janne Nilsson }}

* [[Ink Suit Actor]]

 

=== Memo Rojas Jr ===

[[File:Memo_Rojas_Jr_2_6221.png|frame]]

Memo Rojas Jr }}

* [[Ink Suit Actor]]

 

=== Long Ge ===

[[File:Long_Ge_8146.png|frame]]

 

== ''Mater's Tall Tales'' ==

=== Characters in ''Rescue Squad Mater'' ===

** [[The Hero]]: Fire Truck Mater.

** [[The Lancer]] / [[The Big Guy]]: Rescue Squad Trooper.

** [[The Smart Guy]]: Rescue Squad Chopper #1.

** [[The Chick]]: Rescue Squad Chopper #2.

 

=== Characters in ''Mater the Greater'' ===

* [[Cool Plane]]

* [[I'm Your Biggest Fan]]

 

=== Characters in ''El Materdor'' ===

* [[A Load of Bull]]

* [[Nice Hat]]

 

=== Characters in ''Tokyo Mater'' ===

* [[Ninja]]

* [[Old Master]]

=== Kabuto ===

[[File:Kabuto_3_5641.png|frame]]

Mach Tony Kobayashi }}

* [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy|Arrogant Drift Racer Guy]]

* [[The Cameo]]: He appears briefly at the pre-race party in ''Cars 2''.

** [[Series Continuity Error]]: His appearance in ''Cars 2''.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: A kabuto is a type of helmet, in which the spoilers on his body resemble.

 

=== Characters in ''UFM: Unidentified Flying Mater'' ===

* [[Cool Plane]]: Captain Munier the attack helicopter.

* [[Herr Doktor]]: The scientist pitties at [[Area 51|Parking Area 51]]. Mater himself disguises himself as “Dr. Abschlepp Wagen”.

* [[Flying Saucer]]: Mator.

* [[Tank Goodness]]: Although he is not a tank, Corporal Kim, who runs Parking Area 51, is a large, menacing military van.

=== Characters in ''Heavy Metal Mater'' ===

* [[Audience Participation Song]]: “Dad-Gum”

'''Mater''': ''[[Metal Scream|DAD-GUUUUUUU-!]]'' }}

* [[I'm Your Biggest Fan]]: Rodney the rocker

* [[No Name Given]]: The drummer pitty in the band never had a toy released of him, so his name is unknown.

* [[Rockers Smash Guitars]]: Mater kicks the microphone with his back tyre after the recording session.

 

=== Characters in ''Monster Truck Mater'' ===

* [[And I Must Scream]]: Paddy O'Concrete's fate.

* [[Bad Humor Truck]]: I-Screamer.

* [[Dreadlock Rasta]]: The Rastacarian, who has black wiring with hooks as dreads.

* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]: Captain Collision.

* [[I'm Your Biggest Fan]]: There is a blue SUV who is constantly rooting for Mater in every wrestling match. He is first seen rooting for Ice Screamer, but eventually decides to root for Mater instead because of how successful he is.

* [[Mad Scientist]]: Dr. Frankenwagon.

 

=== Characters in ''Moon Mater'' ===

* [[Cool Boat]]: The aircraft carrier near the end of the short.

* [[Cool Starship]]: Roger the Space Shuttle.

 

=== Characters in ''Mater, Private Eye'' ===

* [[Big Bad]]

 

=== Characters in ''Air Mater'' ===

* [[Cool Plane]]

 

=== Dusty Crophopper ===

[[File:Dusty_Crophopper_2_7742.png|frame]]

 

* [[Acrophobic Bird|Acrophobic Plane]]

* [[Adorkable]]

 

=== Skipper ===

[[File:Skipper_3_5625.png|frame]]

 

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

 

=== Sparky ===

[[File:Sparky_2_9856.png|frame]]

* [[Grease Monkey|Grease Pittie]]

 

=== Judge Davis ===

[[File:Judge_Davis_2_6687.png|frame]]

 

He looks to be either an early North American P-51 Mustang, a Curtiss P-40, or a combination of the two.

 

=== Chug ===

 

=== El Chupacabra ===

 

=== Ripslinger ===

 

 

== ''Other'' ==

=== The Screaming Banshee ===